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The Ugandan army said on Monday that its troops had shot dead three Somali soldiers in Mogadishu, accusing them of opening fire on a military convoy carrying Uganda’s peacekeeping commander. Uganda’s army said Somali troops opened fire on the convoy of Brigadier Paul Lokech, who heads the Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), during a lockdown ...

A landmine explosion struck a military convoy carrying some of puntland forces in Boosaso City which is Bari region. The area hit the explosion known as Sugarre, still causalities remain unclear. But alshabaab claimed their site that they destroyed the vehicle and killed three of puntland state forces in Somalia. By: Abdiaziz Hassan Ibrahim (Loyal)

President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo on Tuesday met Sudanese President, H.E. Omar Hassan Albashir in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they had attended the 30th AU summit there. Both officials discussed enhancing ties and mutual cooperation’s between the two brotherly countries. President Farmajo praised Sudanese Government’s role in supporting the Somali Government and People.

A Kenyan official said on Monday that the construction of a perimeter wall along the porous border with Somalia has helped thwart terror attacks in the border region of Mandera County. Northeastern Regional Commissioner Mohamud Saleh said the security wall has already covered ten kilometers from the Kenya-Ethiopia-Somalia border and plans are to increase the stretch to 28 kilometers. Saleh ...

The Islamic Scholars Association of Somalia, an influential body in Mogadishu, on Monday called on the administrations of Puntland and Somaliland to stop fighting and to clamd down the tension. Islamic Scholars Association of Somalia urged the two administrations to end the fight by peace talking as to stop the war between Somaliland and Puntland forces. The call came after ...

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad met with his counterparts from Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti, South Sudan and Uganda to accept and vote for the candidate, HE Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye Omer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. The foreign minister and international cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia met with his counterparts in Addis Ababa ...

At least five soldiers were killed, others wounded after a roadside landmine explosion targeted as eyewitness confirmed. The incident took place at KM13 area after a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device [IED] has ripped apart a military vehicle carrying military forces. Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement, saying it killed the commissioner of Elbur district in ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, HE Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, delivered a speech at the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on Sunday. The foreign minister stressed Somalia’s solidarity with Saudi Arabia in confronting the attacks by the Huthi rebels. On the sidelines ...

Dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded in Somalia as US-led airstrikes against Islamist militants increase to unprecedented levels, a Guardian investigation has found, raising fears that Washington’s actions could bolster support for extremists. The escalation in strikes is part of the Trump administration’s broader foreign policy strategy in Africa and the Middle East. There have been 34 US ...

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Ali Kheyre on Monday traveled to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos after official invitation from there. “I am leading a team to attend a 3- days conference for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The invitation of Somalia to this World Economic Forum is an ...